Template talk:Infobox journalist
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[edit] Image param
It might be worth noting for newbies that the Image paramester requires a value of the format [[Image:name_of_image_file.jpg]]. If someone feels like modifying the template, I personally think it would make more sense for the template to add the double-brackets, rather than the user, since they're required in all cases.
It also might be worthwhile for one or more of the creators of this template to put together something on this talk page explaining the intended use of the parameters. Especially "occupation": I mean, isn't that somewhat redundant to the fact that this is supposedly for Journalists? Or are we assuming that all journalists need another job because the pay sucks so bad? --Geoff Capp 21:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bug: field displayed twice
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I think I've found a bug in the template. Check the Alexander Cockburn article: "birth name" displays twice, once at the top of the first section and again at the bottom. The template appears to be correctly invoked in the article. +ILike2BeAnonymous 05:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alias should not show as "Other names"
Alias should not show as "Other names" but as "Aliases". __meco 16:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Orange bars
The orange bars are too jarringly bright. A more pastel-type color would fit better with WP's longstanding (muted) design aesthetic. Badagnani (talk) 09:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
The orange bars are too jarringly bright. A more pastel-type color would fit better with WP's longstanding (muted) design aesthetic. Badagnani (talk) 17:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Circumstances"
The "Circumstances" bar doesn't make any sense. Please change this to some other clearer and more appropriate term. Badagnani (talk) 17:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions:
For someone who is familiar with wiki syntax, I suggest the following two edits: 1. Per the above comment, the "circumstances" bar makes no sense, at least to American English speakers. It should be eliminated entirely. 2. Four separate fields for birthplace, birthdate, date of death, and place of death is extraneous. As with (most?) other infoboxes, there should be two fields, born and died, which encompass these four pieces of information. --MagneticFlux (talk) 21:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
